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Once upon a time, in
kingdoms on opposite sides of the globe, two writerly women of mostly-pleasant
disposition (with occasional lapses into Mad-Hatterness*) became
cyber-friends.One was named Lady Fiona
and wrote foresty-druidy stuff.The
other was named Lady Mary of the House of Waibel, and wrote twisted fairy
tales.

Lady Waibel lived
happily with Lord Waibel and their brilliant, hockey-playing son and two cats
who were not particularly adept at hockey.Many was the evening Lady Waibel would remark to Lord Waibel, “Husband,
I shall go now to the top-most turret and scribe my tales.”“Aye, dearest,” Lord Waibel would reply, “And
I shall retire to the kitchen to fashion a feast of Hamburger Helper.”

Then One Day (that
would be NOW), Lady Mary’s first tale, Quest
of the Hart, was published by MuseItUp Publishing and debuted to much
fanfare and critical acclaim.The lovely
cover looked something like this:

Lady Mary sent her
cyber-friend, Lady Fiona, a synopsis of this compelling tale she had
written.It went something like
this:

A reverse Sleeping
Beauty tale where the princess goes on the quest to save the prince.

Princess Kaylee has
never had to fight for anything. Her entire life has been arranged, even her
marriage. But when Prince Devlin falls under an enchantment, she finds she is
willing to do anything to save him, even if it means fighting a dragon.

Devlin's own sister,
Princess Arabella, is behind the deadly plot. She wants the throne and will use
any means necessary to gain it. Her perfect plan unravels, leaving Devlin
caught in a magical sleep that is slowly spreading through the kingdom of Breniera. All Arabella needs to finish
her spell and claim the crown is a drop of Kaylee's blood, but obtaining the
single drop is proving more difficult than expected.

To save her betrothed,
Kaylee embarks on a quest to find an ancient sword and gather a drop of
dragon's blood, while trying to stay out of Arabella's traps. But Arabella's
traps aren't the only danger. Time is everything. For once the last inhabitant
of the kingdom falls asleep, the spell will be sealed, and not even true love's
kiss will break it.

Lady Mary then decided
she would be kind to all the peasants of the kingdom and offer a FREE copy of
her most wonderful twisted fairy story. If the peasants would but follow this link,
they might win the magical book:

The last
part of this success tale is yet another tale of success.For, you see, Lady Mary found happiness
again.After toiling tirelessly in her
top-most turret, she produced a companion novel entitled Charmed Memories, which would become available from MuseItUp Publishing in August
2013.

The moral of this tale?Why, ‘tis that fairy tales come true, of
course!Lady Mary believed in herself,
worked on her craft, did good deeds for others and never gave up.May she be inspiration to us all.